Pre Construction/Design Risk Management Services

Working with Clients and Developers as well as Architects and Designers on projects of all sizes and complexities.

Vetting of Duty Holders

Where there is more than one Contractor on a project there must be a Principal Designer appointed; as Client you have a legal obligation to ensure that any appointed Principal Designer carries out their duties in managing the project. Havio provide an auditing service completed on your behalf; this will look at the Principal Designer's role on the project and how well they are fulfilling their duties. Following our audit, we will produce a report that will give an independent view on the current level of compliance.

Principal Designer Auditing

As a Client you have a legal obligation to assemble the project team – appointing Designers (including a Principal Designer) and Contractors (including a Principal Contractor) to the project (on projects involving more than one contractor). This includes making sure they have the skills, knowledge, experience and organisational capability. At Havio we can assist you in navigating the process of ensuring organisations you are looking to appoint have such competencies. We do this by completing a robust vetting procedure of organisations, followed by the issuing of a report to you. This report provides a 360° view of the organisation giving you the comfort to make an informed decision.

Production of the Client Brief

A Client Brief is a great way for clients to share expectations so that other duty holders can accommodate clients' requirements under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) 2015.
Working with you, Havio can assist in the production of a client brief which will outline the project, planned direction, health and safety goals and other client requirements.

Principal Contractor Auditing

Where there is more than one Contractor on a project there must be a Principal Contractor appointed. As Client you have a legal obligation to ensure that any appointed Principal Contractor carries out their duties in managing the project. We provide an auditing service completed on your behalf; this will look at the Principal Contractor's role on the project and how well they are fulfilling their duties. Following our audit, we will produce a report that will give an independent view on the current level of compliance. A major part of such auditing will be looking at the on-site management arrangements of the Principal Contractor; feedback will be provided immediately to the on-site team and then feedback to the Client and relevant project teams.

On-going support

Havio understand the CDM Regulations can be confusing; for this reason we provide an advisory service which will help you navigate your way to compliance.

Principal Designer Advisory Service

For those persons who have to take on the role as the Principal Designer, but don’t have the necessary Health and Safety expertise, we have developed a service to assist in fulfilling your obligations. Working closely with you we will complete most of the services required of a Principal Designer, allowing you time to do what you do best.

Design Risk Management

The Principal Designer has a responsibility to co-ordinate Health and Safety with all the Designers, including Temporary Works Designers. A key part of the role is the need to ensure that designs are co-ordinated between the different Designers, to identify any potential impacts on Health and Safety during the building's lifetime. This includes construction, maintenance, cleaning and, where relevant, the use of the premises as a workplace. Havio can work on behalf of the Principal Designer to attend meetings and co-ordinate the designs collating these onto a Design Risk Register, which can be shared amongst all members of the design team.

Pre-Construction Information

As Principal Designer there is a need to compile and review the Pre-Construction Information to check that the information that has been provided is appropriate for supporting the
Construction Phase. It should be specific to the project, highlight any significant Health and Safety issues and not include detailthat a Principal Contractor familiar with this type of work would be expected to know. Some of the Pre-Construction Information will also need to be included in the Health and Safety File. This should include information that would be required for the post- construction
life of the building, such as during cleaning, maintenance, alteration or demolition.
Havio can work on behalf of the Principal Designer to collate all the necessary Pre-Construction Information.
At Havio, Principal Designer posses the required skills, knowledge, experience related to Health & Safety in Construction as per the regulations.

Health and Safety File Production

The Health and Safety File is a record of information for the Client or the end user which focuses on Health and Safety. The information it contains will alert those who are responsible for the structure of the key Health and Safety risks that will need to be dealt with during subsequent maintenance, repair and construction work.
The amount of detail needed in the Health and Safety File, and the time and effort required to prepare it, should be in proportion to the scale and complexity of the structure.
Structures with minimal Health and Safety risks will call for a simple, straightforward File. Large structures, or those involving significant risks, will need more detail.
Havio can assist in the collation of the Health and Safety File making sure this is ready to be sent to the Client.

Meeting Attendance

Havio can attend meetings on your behalf to provide support in your function as the Principal Designer.

On-going support

Havio understand the CDM Regulations can be confusing; for this reason we provide an advisory service which will help you navigate your way to compliance.

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